Means for connecting street light globes and their caps



Jan 22, 1935. J LE GORRE 1,989,044

MEANS FOR CONNECTING STREET LIGHT GLOBES AND THEIR CAPS Filed May 51, 1953 2 Sheets-Sheet l win 55s: g/ eazz L L6Garre Afro M X Jan. 22, 1935. L, GORRE I 1,989,044

MEANS FOR CONNECTING STREET LIGHT GLOBES AND THEIR CAPS Filed May 51, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 O V I4 a /3 7 I /3 o U /V/77VES%WLZ/ I ()Can 1. L6 Gar/e W 5V 6 6' n'rmx/vfr.

Patented Jan. 22, 1935 j :MEANS FOR CONNECTING STREET LIGH GLOBESANDTHEIR CAPS I Jean LaLeGorre, PhiIadel'p'hia Pa asset; it; Pennsylvania Globe Company, Philadelphia;

UNITED STATES v Pa., a'corp0ration of Pennsylv ni I Applicamn May 31, seria1 N10. 673,598

50mins. (01140 -133 The principal objects of the present invention thereof, and .toparts ll of the lever '7, which pass are to provide for conveniently and rapidly at-' the pivots 6 when the lever '1. is'turned into the taching and detaching a cap to and from the full line position of Fig. 2 with the links in conglass globe which it surmounts; to provide firm tact .withthe pivot 8 as a stop.'""12 designates 5 and strong connection between the cap and spring clips attached to the cap l and arranged '5.

globe; to avoid breakage of the globes in attachbetween the feet 4. and they engage-the outside ing and removing the caps; and-to provide not of the neck of globe and prevent the cap only for the use of metal caps, but also for the fromwabblingfi v use of glass caps.' With the parts in the positions shown in full 1 Other objects of the present invention will aplines; thelspring' fingers press upon-the inside 10' pear from the following description at the end of the neck of th'efglobe Zandi'eact through the of which the inventionwill be claimed. links 9 againstthestopa so'that the cap is firmly Generally stated, the invention consists in 2. held upon the top ofthe globe and retrograde frame on the can adapted toseaton the outside movement of the hand'lever' '1 is opp sed." Toof the neck of the glass globe and provided with detach the *cap'for'removalp-the hand-lever P7 is 1'5 pivotally mounted spring fingers adapted to enturned into the-' dotted positiom with the re gage the inside of the neck of the globe and with sult that the spring fingers 5 are turned clear a movable, hand-operated member, there being of the globe, so that the cap can be lifted oil a stop for the member, and links pivotally confrom the top of the globe. The reversal of the nected with the fingers and with parts of the described operations serves to connect? the :cap 20 member which pass the pivot points of the fingers with the globe. All that is required of the operin the movement of the member into engagement ator is the simple movement of the handlevei" '7 with its stop. which can be effected with one hand leaving the. r

The invention also consistsin the improvements other hand free for moving the cap The cap jv to be presently described and finally claimed. can therefore be readily removed; from 'and re-. 25::

In the following description reference will be placed on the globe and connected and disconmade to the accompanying drawings forming part nected in respect to the globe. The spring fingers hereof and in which 5 and spring clips 12 while firmly gripping. the

Figure 1 is an elevational view, partly in secneck of the globe have no tendency to break or tion, illustrating features of the invention. crack it. 7 I 1 fj'f 30 Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 In the modificationshown in Fig. 4, the con of Fig. 1. struction and mode Ofbperation are as above de- Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 scribed except as follows: The spring clips 12 are of Fig. 2. omitted and the cap rests upon the outside of Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1 illustrating a the neck of the globe. 'The spring fingers 5 are 35 modification. pivoted to brackets 13 connected with the cap 1. Fig. 5 is a similar view illustrating another The hand lever '7 is mounted for up and down modification and showing a glass cap, and endwise movement through the top of the cap Fig. 6 is a view looking upwards in Fig. 5 and which operates in connection with the head 14 40 showing details of construction. as a stop. The links 9 are pivoted to a collar 40 In the drawings 1 is the cap and 2 is the glass 19 adjustably fast on the lever or member '7" at globe which is usually supported from beneath points which pass the dead center of the linkage upon the top of alamp post or column. A frame formed by the member 7, the link 9, and the shown as a bar 3 is connected with the cap 1, and fingers, when the head is moved against the cap.

the ends of the bar are turned down and consti- 1. Up and down movement of the head 14 can be v p tute feet 4 which rest upon the outside of the effected with one hand leaving the other hand 1 neck of the globe and space the cap above the free. globe. Pivoted to the bar are spring fingers .5 The construction and mode of operation of the and they are turnable about their pivot points 6 modification shown in Figs. 5 and 6 are as above into and out of engagement with the inside of the described except as follows: The cap 1 is of glass 7 neck of the globe. There is a hand lever 7 pivand is mounted in the frame 16. The hand operoted to the bar by the pivot 8, and it extends ated member '7 is turnable in the frame 16 and through the space between the cap and globe prothe links 9 are pivoted to parts of the memvided by the feet 4. Links 9 are pivoted to the her '7 which pass the plane in which the spring I v fingers 5, or more accurately, to extensions 10 fingers 5 are pivoted as the member '7 is turnedtli.

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towards its stop 1'7. A spring 18 is shown and it serves to position the member '7 for turning movement in the frame 16.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the invention relates that modifications may be made in details of construction and arrangement and matters ofmere form ,without departing from the spirit of the invention which is not limited to such matters or otherwise than the prior art and the appended claims may require.

Iclaim:

1. Means for detachably connecting glass globes and their superposed caps. which comprise pivotal spring fingers connected with the cap and adapted to engage and disengage the inside of the neck of the globe, a manually operable movable member carried by the cap, a stop for the member, and links connecting the fingers and member at parts thereof which pass the pivot points of the fingers, whereby the spring fingers when in engaging position operate on the globe to press themember against thestop.

2. Means for 7 detachably connecting glass globes and their superposed caps which comprise, in combination, a bar connected with the cap and having feet adapted to ,rest upon the outside of the neck of the globe to provideyspace be-' tween the globe and cap, a manually operable lever, pivoted to the bar and projecting through said space, a pair of spring fingers pivoted to the bar and "adapted to engage and disengage the inside of the neck of the globe, links pivoted to the fingers and to portions ofthe lever which pass the pivot points of'the links, a stop for the links, and spring clipscarried by. the capand adapted to engage the outside of the neck of the globe to steady the cap.

3. Means for detachably connecting glass globes and their superposed caps which comprise, in combination, a manually turnable hand lever carried by the cap, a stop for the lever, spring fingers pivotally connected with the cap and adapted to engage the inside of the neck of the globe, and links pivotally connected with the fingers and with parts of the lever which pass the pivot points of the fingers.

4. Means for detachably connecting glass globes and their superposed glass caps which comprise a frame secured to the top and bottom of the glass cap, a hand lever turnably mounted in the frame, a stop for the lever, spring fingers pivoted to the frame and adapted to engage and disengage the inside of the neck of the globe, and links pivoted to the fingers and to parts of the lever which pass the dead center of the linkage formed on the fingers, the links, and the lever.

. 5. Means; for detachably connecting glass globes and their superposed caps which comprise, in combination, a frame on the cap adapted to seat on the outside of the neck of the globe, spring fingers pivoted to the frame and adapted to engage the inside of the neck of the globe, an operating member movably carried by the frame, a stop for the member, and links pivotally connected with the fingers and with parts of the member which pass the dead center of the linkage formed of the member, the links, and the fingers during the movement of the member.

JEAN L. LE GORRE. 

